Girella leonina

The Girella leonina lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 1 - 15 m environment.

* Girella leonina (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist) Sir John Richardson was a Scotland Royal Navy surgery, natural history and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. More

Article: The nibbler Girella leonina and the soldierfish Myripristis murdjan from Midway Atoll, first records for the Hawaiian Islands (1). More

Common names

Kuromejina in Japanese (日本語)
小鱗黑魢 in Mandarin Chinese
小鳞黑鱾 in Mandarin Chinese
黑毛 in Mandarin Chinese
黑瓜子鱲 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Kyphosidae
Genus : Girella
Species : Girella leonina
Authority : Richardson, 1846